Activity at Erez crossing following Palestinian suicide bombing.

Описание: (26 Nov 2001)

1. Wide shot, border area near Erez border checkpoint
2. Wide shot, bunker overlooking road
3. Mid shot, bunker
4. Various shots, cars and people approaching Erez border checkpoint
5. Border guard next to barrier
6. Various of crowd waiting
7. Entry gate into Palestinian National Authority


STORYLINE:

A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near an Israeli checkpoint in the Gaza Strip on Monday, injuring two Israeli border policemen.

The attack, near the Erez border crossing in northern Gaza, came as U-S negotiators renewed efforts to end more than an year fighting between Israelis and Palestinians.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic militant group Hamas had threatened to avenge the death of one of its leaders, Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, who was killed in an Israeli helicopter strike over the weekend.

The suicide attack came just hours before the arrival of two U-S mediators, Assistant Secretary of State William Burns and retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni.

The two envoys were to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a bid to revive a truce deal and restart peace talks.

However, there has been an escalation of violence in the West Bank in recent days.

On Sunday Palestinians detonated a bomb as the Israeli military chief of staff drove along a road south of Hebron in and a 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinians throwing rocks and fire-bombs, near the town of Bethlehem.

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